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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES VON WALLMENIGH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,691, dated November 4, 1884.

Application filed September 6, 1883.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES VON WALL- MENIOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Spool-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a holder of a spool or ball of thread, to be carried about the person, for immediate use Without the constant annoyance otherwise encountered by dropping, mislaying, or frequent handling of the spool at dress-making or similar work.

This invention consists of a frame, preferably of metal wire, though sheet metal or other material can be made to answer the purpose, arranged to receive various sizes of spools or of balls of thread, as the case may be, to hold .the same on aspindle, upon which it can revolve, and to be attached by hook, eye, or similar device to the dress of the per son using the same.

Reference is had to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front View; Figs. 2 and 3, perspective views of modified forms of my improved spool-holder, like letters indicating like parts, all being represented to be of one piece each and of the greatest simplicity.

A A are spindles, upon which the spools or balls of thread are slipped, two finding place in each frame represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

B B are the shanks of the frame, connecting (No model.)

the spindles with the turned-down continuation G of the shanks, which serves to attach the holder to the garment or belt of the person. An expanded portion or eye, D, Fig. 2. may attach the device to a button or knob of the dress.

In Fig. 1 the shanks B and spindles A are parallel, and may be in the same plane, or in the plane of B B, projecting beyond the plane B B, as shown in Fig. 3. To attach or retain a spool or ball on any of the spindles requires no spring at the continuation of the shank G.

E E indicate the dotted outlines of spools; F, of balls of thread.

An elastic band or analogous device can be applied to or between the shanks B, to prevent the uncontrolled revolving and unwinding of the spool or ball, though both are, to an extent, generally prevented by the spool rubbing against the dress of the wearer.

Vhat I claim is A holder for spools,consisting oi a metallic frame provided with an attaching-hook, the lower end of which frame is divided, and turns inward at each side at a right angle thereto, and returns at another right angle, to form two spindles,'A A, parallel to each other, as set forth.

CHARLES VON NVALLMENIGH.

Witnesses:

W. W. EISHAUPT,

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